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Universities and vocational colleges largest consumers of natural gas
On average, universities and vocational colleges were the largest consumers of natural gas within the sector services in 2010 followed by hospitals. Per connection to the electricity grid, transport...
Sustained loss of jobs
In the first quarter of this year, 156 thousand jobs of employees (2.0 percent) were lost compared to the first quarter of 2009. If seasonal effects are taken into account, 56 thousand jobs were lost...
Exports to Turkey marginally higher
In 2008, the Netherlands exported nearly 4 billion euro worth of goods to Turkey, 2 percent more than in 2007. For the seventh year running, exports have grown. Since the turn of the century, exports...
Sharp rise in retail turnover
Dutch retail turnover was 5.6 percent higher in November 2006 than in November 2005.
employment further down
The loss of employee jobs continued in the first quarter of this year;32 thousand jobs of employees were lost relative to the fourth quarter of 2013. After a modest loss by 4 thousand in the fourth...
Imports and exports down in January
In January 2004 the value of imported and exported goods was 3 percent down on January 2003. Exports were worth 19.0 billion euro, imports 16.8 billion euro. Furthermore, January 2004 had one working...
Unemployment down as fewer people lose their jobs
In the second quarter of this year, 78 thousand people were added to the unemployment ranks in comparison to the previous quarter. The amount is smaller than in the second quarter of 2009, when the...
Greenhouse gas emissions higher than Kyoto figures suggest
According to the Kyoto Protocol, the emission of greenhouse gases was reduced by 4 percent over the period 1990-2007.
No further fall in job vacancies
The number of job vacancies did not fall further in the fourth quarter of 2003. After correction for seasonal effects, there were 100 thousand job vacancies at the end of December 2003. This is 7...
Prices in the sector services more stable than manufacturing prices
In the third quarter of 2008, prices of commercial services were 2.7 percent up on one year previously, the largest price increase in two years.
Exports up again, mainly as a result of higher re-exports
The volume of exports of goods was 4.1 percent up in July 2014 from July 2013, after a 3.2 percent improvement in June. According to Statistics Netherlands, the growth in exports was mainly caused by...
Caribbean Dutch population up by over 800 in 2019
On 1 January 2020, the population of the Caribbean Netherlands stood at nearly 26 thousand, i.e. 830 more than one year previously.
Non-financial balance sheets; national accounts 1995-2016
Non financial balance sheets; volume changes fixed assets; land; oil and gas reserves; consumer durables
Transport of goods in the Netherlands hits new record
The volume of goods transported in the Netherlands reached a new record last year.
PRODCOM
Prodcom provides statistics on the production of manufactured goods carried out by enterprises on the national territory of the reporting EU-countries.
The Netherlands exports 1.3 billion euro worth of sweets
In 2008, the value of sweets exports was nearly twice as high as its imports value. Chocolate is by far the most popular type of sweets.
Fewer bankruptcy declarations in first six months of 2010
Over the first six months of 2010, the number of bankruptcy declarations dropped by 6.7 percent relative to the same period in 2009. The number of private individuals and one-man businesses declared...